Introduction, by Sean Matgamna
A major strand in James Connolly’s politics was industrial unionism and solidarity strikes.
He learned much about that in his activity in the USA between 1903 and 1909. The Industrial Workers of the World (referred to in the Old Wine article here) was founded in those years.
Introduction, by Sean Matgamna
A major strand in James Connolly’s politics was industrial unionism and solidarity strikes.
He learned much about that in his activity in the USA between 1903 and 1909. The Industrial Workers of the World (referred to in the Old Wine article here) was founded in those years.
Could a nation traumatised by war truly let its hair down and embrace the possibilities of peace? Ahead of the release of the 1921 census of England and Wales, Sarah Hellawell takes Britain’s temperature at the dawn of the “roaring” twenties
The main stories include:
Belfast, 9 May 1921
Ulster will make no further concessions to find a solution to the Irish question, James Craig has stated during a speech at a Unionist Party meeting.
National Portrait Gallery UK and Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
James Craig (left) and Éamon de Valera (right).
Cork, 16 May 1921
The British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, has indicated that he is willing to meet with Sinn Féin president, Éamon de Valera, without any preconditions, adding that it is the only way that a settlement can be reached.
Illustrated London News, 16 April 1921